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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:200;left:295">The Net Tender</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:289;left:295">Newsletter of St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:335;left:531">December 2009—January 2010 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:382;left:274"><B>RECTOR’S REFLECTION </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:423;left:274">The dark months are upon us.  It is a time when we scramble </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:444;left:274">to get the outdoor work done earlier in the day, a time when </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:464;left:274">we make sure we have oil for the lamps, batteries for the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:485;left:274">flashlights, and a jug of water set aside, just in case. This is </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:506;left:274">Maine, after all, and we know from experience that the power </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:526;left:274">is going to go out sometime, and probably sooner, rather than </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:547;left:274">later. So we prepare. We make ourselves and our homes </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:568;left:274">ready for the event we know will come, even if we don’t </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:589;left:274">know when the lights will actually flicker and dim. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:620;left:274">We also know that, come the end of December, we’ll be able to notice a slow </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:640;left:274">return of the light, as the days gradually grow longer. We know that, by March, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:661;left:274">we’ll be back to days and nights of relatively equal length. We don’t know when </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:682;left:274">the darkness will come, but we do know that the light will reappear. This knowl-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:702;left:274">edge gives us hope in the midst of our uncertainty. Our backup lights and our </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:723;left:274">emergency supplies provide some assurance that, when the power goes down, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:744;left:274">we’ll be safe. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:774;left:58">The month of December is upon us.  It is a time when we scramble to complete our preparations for Christmas, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:795;left:58">a time when we make sure we’ve made our shopping lists (and wish lists), and updated our address lists. Too </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:815;left:58">many lists!  If we’re traveling, we’ve probably already fought one or two major battles with airlines or travel </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:836;left:58">agents, and we know that was likely the easy part, as we anticipate crowded terminals and overbooked flights.   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:857;left:58">We carefully plan our shopping, our entertaining, and our travel, in the hope of avoiding any unpleasant sur-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:877;left:58">prises, but experience teaches us that, however well we plan, <I>something </I>is bound to happen.  Orders will be </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:898;left:58">confused, flights will be delayed, and the weather will always bring surprises. Still, we prepare, in the knowl-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:919;left:58">edge that, in large measure, it is the preparation for the holidays that gives us energy, that bring joy to our </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:940;left:58">lives, that causes our hearts to race with anticipation. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:971;left:58">The season of Advent is upon us.  It is a time when we are called to resist the urge to rush, to take a break from </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:991;left:58">the frantic scramble, and to prepare ourselves. We’ll get to the yard work. The shopping will get done.  The </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1012;left:58">plane will either fly or not. What’s more important is that we ready ourselves for the days ahead. What’s more</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1033;left:58">important is that we think and pray about the birth of the child, about the frightened teenage bride, the con-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1053;left:58">fused husband, and about their faith. Shopping, chores, and travel aside, this season is about revisiting our </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1074;left:58">faith, as we prepare to celebrate <I>His </I>birth, not as some distant figure in history, but as a living, breathing part </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1095;left:58">of our lives.  This is a time when we ask, if Jesus is to dwell in our life, will He find it to be a welcoming and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1115;left:58">nurturing place?   Will Jesus comes back to reclaim His kingdom, will He find our hearts to be the sort of</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1136;left:58">dwelling place He needs? Will He find our lives to be havens of compassion and hope? </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1167;left:58">The Christmas season is coming. It is a time when we are called to practice reckless generosity.  Of all times of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1188;left:58">the year, this is the season when we must remember the needs of those less fortunate than us. This is the time </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1209;left:58">of year when we must be aware that, for each request for warm coats and wool socks, there are dozens, hun-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1229;left:58">dreds, even thousands of God’s children who will bless you for your gifts.</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1250;left:58">In Faith, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1270;left:58">Fr. Richard </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2265;left:457"><B>COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2293;left:470">Born in Manhattan </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2312;left:470">Summered in Seal Harbor and on Hardwood Island </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2331;left:470">Attended 4th grade in Northeast Harbor and 5th &amp; 6th in </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2369;left:470">Graduated from Brooks School (named after Bishop   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2388;left:470">Phillip Brooks) </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2407;left:470">Lived in England, Switzerland, and Japan </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2426;left:470">A yachtsman a sportsman and a pretty pathetic golfer </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2445;left:594"><B>Who Am I? </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1421;left:58"><B>SENIOR WARDEN’S REPORT </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1449;left:58">I had hoped to write in detail about the status of media-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1468;left:58">tion between the Rector and Wardens and Vestry, but we </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1487;left:58">are at a delicate stage: the Vestry will be meeting this</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1506;left:58">coming Thursday with the mediator, the Rev. John Rafter </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1525;left:58">from Camden.  In lieu of details of which I am not at  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1544;left:58">liberty of sharing, I will explain <I>my understanding </I>of the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1563;left:58">polity of the Episcopal Church and how mediation and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1582;left:58">reconciliation relate to that polity and the life of our par-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1601;left:58">ish and the wider Church.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1632;left:58">At the outset, let me say that I believe that our liturgy as </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1651;left:58">it is set out in the Book of Common Prayer and supple-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1670;left:58">mental liturgical resources directly illuminates and corre-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1689;left:58">lates with how the Constitution and Canons lay out the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1708;left:58">roles and responsibilities of clergy and lay people in  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1727;left:58">governing our church at the local, diocesan, and national </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1746;left:58">levels. In other words, these different liturgical roles   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1765;left:58">mirror how the Church has set up its structures and proc-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1784;left:58">esses for decisions ranging from important theological </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1803;left:58">issues to the mundane tasks of establishing budgets and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1822;left:58">making appointments. Notably, there are specific roles </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1841;left:58">for the orders of bishop, priest, deacon, and then the laity. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1860;left:58">Despite the particular tasks and responsibilities assigned </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1879;left:58">to specific orders, care for the common life of the Church </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1898;left:58">is always to be shared by all baptized members of the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1917;left:58">Church. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1948;left:58">Each of these orders is accountable and answerable to all </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1967;left:58">the others. Thus there are an equal number of lay and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1985;left:58">clergy members of diocesan Standing Committees, who </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2004;left:58">as a body have oversight and care for the bishop and the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2023;left:58">life of the diocese. Deacons, for example, are directly</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2042;left:58">responsible to their bishop but also partly perform their </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2061;left:58">ministries in the context of parishes under the leadership </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2080;left:58">of priests. Lay people, although they are not “in orders” </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2099;left:58">and thus under the direct disciplinary authority of the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2118;left:58">bishop or “ordinary,” live within an “ordered” ecclesiasti-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2137;left:58">cal polity and liturgy and they thereby need to respect</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2156;left:58">and be mindful of this delicate balance of power. We are </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2175;left:58">not free to do as we please.  As one reads about how dif-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2194;left:58">ferent provinces (e.g., West African Anglican Provinces) </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2213;left:58">have set up these roles and responsibilities differently and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2232;left:58">complaints about how the Episcopal Church places too </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2251;left:58">much authority in lay people, or as one looks at other  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2270;left:58">denominations with greater command and control author-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2289;left:58">ity structures, it is important to recognize how dispersed </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2308;left:58">and calibrated ecclesiastical power is in the Episcopal </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2327;left:58">Church. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2358;left:58">Mediation between the Rector and Vestry recognizes that </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2377;left:58">the priest as Rector and the Vestry as the parish’s elected </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2396;left:58">representatives, are in a covenantal relationship that   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2415;left:58">requires mutual agreement for setting ministry goals and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2434;left:58">important decisions for the future of a parish. For this </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2453;left:58">reason, the national Church has adopted canons and proc-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1422;left:450">esses calling for mediation led by trained mediators when </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1441;left:450">there are disagreements and tension within parishes that    </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1460;left:450">cannot be resolved locally. Each recognizes that it needs the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1479;left:450">other. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1510;left:450">Although the rite of reconciliation (BCP 446) anticipates a </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1529;left:450">penitent acknowledging and confessing specific sins and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1548;left:450">seeking reconciliation with God, I believe there are some   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1567;left:450">aspects of the rite that also reflect on the process of mediation </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1586;left:450">that the Church provides for resolving differences. The mutu-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1605;left:450">ality in the rite is what interests me. Because God’s love and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1624;left:450">active interest in each of us is always present from the start of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1643;left:450">our lives, it may be an initial challenge to see mutual action </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1662;left:450">in the rite of reconciliation, where it may seem that all the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1681;left:450">transformative movement is on the part of the penitent. The </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1700;left:450">rite provides, however, for full and honest disclosure of sins </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1718;left:450">and grievance and then insists on transformation and amend-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1738;left:450">ment of life, not on a simple ‘I am sorry and let’s move on.’ </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1768;left:450">Here at St. Andrew and St. John, there are specific events and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1787;left:450">behaviors by Fr. Tardiff, our Rector, that have grievously </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1806;left:450">strained his relationship with the Wardens and members of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1825;left:450">the Vestry. Those issues are listed with specific examples and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1844;left:450">that list serves as one basis for our discussions. Conversely,</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1863;left:450">there are behaviors and events caused by me and other mem-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1882;left:450">bers of the Vestry and parish which, no doubt, have caused </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1901;left:450">considerable pain to Fr. Tardiff. There needs to be open   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1920;left:450">accounting for this pain and an acknowledgement of diver-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1939;left:450">gent expectations. Because this effort at reconciliation </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1958;left:450">touches upon the common life of the parish, it needs to be </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1977;left:450">public and open to everyone to the greatest extent possible.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1996;left:450">In this respect the mediation process differs from the in-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2015;left:450">tensely private and confidential nature of confession and rec-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2034;left:450">onciliation as it appears in the Prayer Book. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2065;left:450">That difference, however, helps us to circle back to how our </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2084;left:450">liturgy and polity are flip sides of the same coin. As I wrote </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2103;left:450">early in my tenure as Senior Warden, tension and differences </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2122;left:450">of opinion are necessary and vital ingredients of our Christian </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2141;left:450">life together.  The way our denomination is structured is a </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2160;left:450">recipe for interpersonal tension, but I submit that it is all to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2179;left:450">the good if that tension invites and leads us to greater under-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2198;left:450">standing of God and the world around us.  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2609;left:58"><B>THANKS TO THE MOVERS AND RAKERS! </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2641;left:58">On behalf of Chloe and the Buildings &amp; Grounds Committee, a great big thank you </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2661;left:58">to more than a dozen parishioners who turned out with blowers, rakes and energy </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2682;left:58">on Saturday, November 14, to clean up the grounds at St. John and at the Sawyer </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2703;left:58">House.  We filled more than 80 bags of leaves, between 8:15 and noon. What a </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2723;left:58">team!  As we had done last year at Ted B’s suggestion, we put them out at the curb </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2744;left:58">for people to pick up to use as foundation insulation &amp; most all were gone by Sun-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2765;left:58">day morning! </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3224;left:58"><B>THOUGHTS FROM THE JUNIOR WARDEN </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3255;left:58">One evening in early December two years ago, I received a phone call from Joan Bromage asking me if I would </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3276;left:58">consider running for Junior Warden. So many thoughts went flying by me in no particular order! In another life-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3296;left:58">time I had been married to a Junior Warden and so I had some idea of how important the job was and how      </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3317;left:58">involved it could be. But every church is different and what would it mean at St. John’s? With a business to run </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3338;left:58">could I possibly find the extra time needed? How would my husband, Scott, react to my having this extra       </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3358;left:58">responsibility? I also figured that I was not the first person she had asked and why didn’t the other or others say </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3379;left:58">yes?</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3407;left:58">Joan will tell you that all of these thoughts happened pretty fast because it was not long before I found myself </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3428;left:58">agreeing to take on the job. Why? I saw it as a way to become more involved with the church. It was a way for </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3449;left:58">me to give back with my time when I couldn’t give as much as I wanted to monetarily. I believe that it is our   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3469;left:58">responsibility to take our turn serving when we are asked to do so. It is so easy to criticize and complain about </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3490;left:58">things in one’s church. As a member of a Vestry, we have the opportunity to take action to make improvements. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3511;left:58">In the end, none of my potential excuses justified saying no to Joan. I would figure a way to make it work! </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3539;left:58">Even though the last two years have had their challenges, there have been wonderful opportunities to learn more </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3560;left:58">about the church, to work with some amazingly talented people and to experience a great deal of personal </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3580;left:58">growth. Thank you for giving me this experience. I am so glad I said yes. I encourage you, when you are asked, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3601;left:58">to do the same. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3622;left:58">Love, peace and happiness! </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3642;left:58">Chloe  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3797;left:58"><B>SECOND ANNUAL CHRISTMAS FAIR </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3829;left:58">The Christmas sale was a success.  We even grossed more than last year.  It was well attended and people  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3849;left:58">enjoyed themselves.  Dianne McMullen put on a fabulous lunch.  It was served from 11:00 to 1:00 and there </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3870;left:58">was a steady stream of people enjoying the food in the undercroft. I wish to thank everyone who contributed to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3891;left:58">and helped make our sale special. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3910;left:58">Mary Mitchell</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4216;left:77">Jean Rohrer, Dianne McMullan, Barbara Campbell and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4233;left:84">Karen Craig display some of the profit from the Fair. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4216;left:586">Mary Mitchell stands proudly</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4233;left:563">with a display of crafts from the Fair. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4277;left:58"><B>THANK YOU FROM THE </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4307;left:58"><B>BEAN LADIES</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4339;left:192">Mary M., Jean and Dianne would </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4359;left:197">like to thank everyone who </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4380;left:205">made the second Annual Bean </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4401;left:208">Supper a success. Signs and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4421;left:191">banner, table setters, cash dona-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4442;left:188">tions, bakers, and kitchen crew: </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4463;left:58">Ted and Joan Bromage, The Friday Morning Men’s </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4483;left:58">breakfast group, Liz and Eric Erickson, Anne Wet-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4504;left:58">zel, Peggy Walls, Karen Craig, Lee Worster, Ann </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4525;left:58">Cox Halkett, Chloe and Scott Hatcher, B.J. Fallica, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4546;left:58">Ginny Agar, Edie Stanwood, Tina Baker, Tom and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4566;left:58">Carroll Fernald, Mel Shaw, Mark and Barbara </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4587;left:58">Campbell, Margot and Paul Haertel, Ted Fletcher, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4608;left:58">Mary and Jim Vekasi, Susan Allen, Patsy Fogarty, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4628;left:58">Ellen Gilmore, Deb Chalmers, Andrew McMullan, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4649;left:58">Beth Closson, Lori Goodwin, Fred and Ann Ben-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4670;left:58">son, Susan Buell, Bob Stanwood, classic bean </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4690;left:58">server Father Richard and everyone who came and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4711;left:58">ate! Our efforts raised over $800 for the Westside </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4732;left:58">Food Pantry and brought people from the commu-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4752;left:58">nity and across the Island into St. John’s to get to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4773;left:58">know us and our outreach. Much love and thanks be </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4794;left:58">to God!  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4283;left:463"><B>STEWARDSHIP REPORT </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4315;left:463">As of the November 19</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4312;left:632">th</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4315;left:646">vestry meeting, the steward-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4335;left:463">ship drive for 2010 has raised $84,482 in pledges. To </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4356;left:463">reach the 2009 level of pledges, an additional $22,551 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4377;left:463">must yet be raised. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4405;left:463">A second letter, this one authored by Father Richard, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4426;left:463">has gone out to members of the parish who have not </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4447;left:463">yet returned their pledge cards.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4474;left:463">Since it is very difficult for the finance committee and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4495;left:463">vestry to finalize a 2010 budget without knowing what </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4516;left:463">the lion’s share of our revenue will be, we urge all </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4537;left:463">those who have not yet pledged to return their cards as </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4558;left:463">soon as possible. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4586;left:463">And our deep thanks to those members of the parish </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4606;left:463">who have pledged their continued support so gener-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4627;left:463">ously and so promptly. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4648;left:463"><I>Patsy Fogarty </I></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4989;left:99"><B>WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER/JANUARY </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5020;left:349"><B>Sundays, December 6, 13, 20</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5041;left:342">8:00 and 10:00—Holy Eucharist </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5062;left:227"><B>Wednesdays, December 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; January 6, 13, 20, 27</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5082;left:362">9:30 a.m.—Holy Eucharist </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5103;left:296"><B>Christmas Eve—</B>5:00 p.m.—Holy Eucharist </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5123;left:295"><B>Christmas Day</B>—9:30 a.m.—Holy Eucharist </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5144;left:283"><B>Sundays, December 27, January 10, 17, 24, 31</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5165;left:357">10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5186;left:387"><B>Sunday, January 3</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5206;left:346">10:00 a.m.—Epiphany Pageant </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5247;left:334"><B>Scripture Lessons </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5279;left:374"><B>Advent 2, December 6</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5299;left:247">Canticle 16; Malachi 3:1-4; Philippians 1:3-11; Luke 3:1-6 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5320;left:369"><B>Advent 3, December 13</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5340;left:234">Canticle 9; Zephaniah 3;14-20; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5361;left:369"><B>Advent 4, December 20</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5382;left:244">Canticle 15; Micah 5:2-5a; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-55 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5403;left:347"><B>Christmas Eve, December 24</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5423;left:167">Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-25; Genesis 22:15-18; Isaiah 9:2, 6-7; Isaiah 11:1-3a, 4a, 6-9; </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5444;left:184">Luke 1:26-35, 38; Luke 2:1, 3-7; Luke 2:8-16; Matthew 2:1-12; John 1:1-14 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5465;left:346"><B>Christmas Day, December 25</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5485;left:276">Psalm 97; Isaiah 62:6-12; Titus 3:4-7; Luke 2:1-20 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5506;left:357"><B>Christmas 1, December 27 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5527;left:213">Psalm 147; Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Galatians 3:23-25, 4:4-7; John 1:1-18 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5548;left:378"><B>Epiphany, January 6</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5568;left:204">Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14; Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-12 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5589;left:367"><B>Epiphany 1, January 10</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5609;left:243">Psalm 29; Isaiah 43:1-7; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5630;left:367"><B>Epiphany 2, January 17 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5651;left:223">Psalm 36:5-10; Isaiah 62:1-5; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5672;left:367"><B>Epiphany 3, January 24</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5692;left:175">Psalm 19; Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 88-10; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5713;left:367"><B>Epiphany 4, January 31</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5734;left:211">Psalm 71:1-6; Jeremiah 1:4-10; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5774;left:262"><B>Sunday Forums at 9:00 a.m. </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5806;left:128"><B>December 6</B>:  Father Richard Tardiff, <I>Images of Christ's Birth: Visual Depictions of Advent</I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5826;left:263"><B>December 13 </B>William Hawley, <I>Making Sacred Music</I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5847;left:212"><B>December 20</B>:  Michael Shook, <I>Christmas Blessings: Advent Stories </I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5868;left:306"><B>December. 27 and January 3: </B>No Forum</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5889;left:195"><B>January 10</B>: John Arrison, <I>St. John's and Haiti: Towards a Partnership?</I></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7237;left:455">6 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6203;left:579">Birthdays </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6256;left:617"><B>DECEMBER</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6276;left:606">2—Susan Buell </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6297;left:609">3—Ginny Agar </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6318;left:597">4—Vicky Vendrell </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6338;left:596">5—Nancy Cerrato </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6359;left:595">12—Scott Hatcher </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6380;left:587">14—Mallory Stanton </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6400;left:589">23—Floyd Parkman </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6421;left:606">23—Joe Wright </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6442;left:625"><B>JANUARY</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6463;left:590">11—Grace Carreno </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6483;left:606">13—Rod Lucas </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6504;left:597">19—Jacob Fallica </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6525;left:601">20—Cecily Clark </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6545;left:599">20—Peggy Walls </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6566;left:611">28—Bill Baker </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6587;left:593">30—Judith Obbard </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6607;left:606">31—Sally Clark </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6640;left:589">Wedding</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6679;left:542">Anniversaries </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6727;left:617"><B>DECEMBER</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6747;left:551">21—Peter and Judith Obbard </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6768;left:625"><B>JANUARY</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6789;left:552">22—Paul and Margot Haertel </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6646;left:58"><B>THE LIGHTER SIDE…. </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6676;left:58"><B>The 4</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6676;left:138"><B>Wise Man</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6701;left:58">A recent article in a highly noted scholarly journal </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6722;left:58">marks the discovery that a fourth Wise Man was pre-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6742;left:58">sent at the presentation of the gifts to the Christ </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6763;left:58">Child.  It seems that he is of little note and was even </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6784;left:58">turned away--he brought a fruitcake. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6173;left:58"><B>SENIOR WARDEN’S REPORT  </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6236;left:58">How we chose to address our disagreements when those dis-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6255;left:58">agreements present barriers to our spiritual growth and mov-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6274;left:58">ing forward in our common life together is what matters most </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6293;left:58">to God and to those whom we love. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6322;left:58">After the mediator has met with the Vestry, the parish as a </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6341;left:58">whole will have an opportunity to present its concerns and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6360;left:58">speak to the issues raised.  At the same time, the mediator </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6379;left:58">will present to the Rector and Vestry ways for moving for-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6398;left:58">ward or identify issues that need to be resolved before recon-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6417;left:58">ciliation can be more fully achieved. Finally, if you have </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6436;left:58">questions and concerns, please call Chloe or me. We will do </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6455;left:58">our very best to respond to your calls as candidly and openly</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6474;left:58">as we can within the bounds of the confidences and discretion </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6493;left:58">imposed upon us. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6523;left:58">I ask your continued prayers for the Rector, Wardens and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6542;left:58">Vestry. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6571;left:58">May you have a quiet and blessed Advent,  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6589;left:58">Ted Fletcher </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6889;left:490"><B>CHRISTMAS WREATHS </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6920;left:490">If you would like to donate in memory of or in </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6941;left:490">honor of a loved one, please sign up in the under-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6962;left:490">croft after the service. Note on your check </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6982;left:490">“Christmas Flowers”. Names will be printed in the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7003;left:490">Christmas Eve bulletin. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7047;left:490"><B>ANNUAL MEETING </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7078;left:490">By tradition the Annual Meeting of St. Andrew &amp; </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7099;left:490">St. John Church is the third or fourth Sunday of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7120;left:490">January. The specific date will be determined at </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7140;left:490">the December Vestry meeting and will be  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7161;left:490">announced in the weekly e-mails and Sunday bul-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7182;left:490">letins. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8425;left:455">7 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7793;left:58"><B>TREASURER’S REPORT </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7825;left:58">We’re at the nail biting time of the year – will we have enough income to cover all of our expenses? Maine </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7845;left:58">frugality has allowed us to reduce almost $13,000 from our $182,000 budgeted expenses so far this year, but </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7866;left:58">we still need $41,000 income to make it through December. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7907;left:58">Historically, many pledge payments come in this time of year and we still have another $35,000 in pledges </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7928;left:58">budgeted for 2009. We also have a wonderful tradition of parishioners following through on their pledges and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7949;left:58">even contributing more than pledged. We have a Christmas fundraiser coming up and the congregation has </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7970;left:58">been generous in sharing their blessings by contributing to the new Blessings Fund. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8011;left:58">Please remember the church at this time of year. We’re close to making it financially in 2009, but not quite </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8032;left:58">there yet. If you would like to check the status of your pledge, you can contact Michele at 244-3229 or me at </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8052;left:58">244-3499. Thank you for your continuing financial care for our church community. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8072;left:63">Jim Vekasi </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7361;left:58"><B>WESTSIDE FOOD PANTRY </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7393;left:169">The <I>Westside Food Pantry </I>opened its doors for the Season on November 1</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7390;left:707">st</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7393;left:715">.  We distributed </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7413;left:169">$10,910 in vouchers for the month, serving 281 adults and children.  There is no doubt that </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7434;left:169">food insecurity is a large problem here, as well as throughout the rest of our country.  Our    </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7455;left:169">clients truly appreciate and need this ministry. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7484;left:169">November saw some yummy fund-raisers for the Pantry.  Dianne McMullan, Mary Mitchell, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7505;left:169">and Jean Rohrer created another fabulous Baked Bean Supper with the help of many other    </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7526;left:169">experienced hands.  Chow Maine restaurant provided an Asian Buffet and generously collected </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7547;left:58">donations for us.  As we continue to see an increase in the demand for our services, we become ever more </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7567;left:58">grateful for all donations that go towards maintaining our solvency – ensuring support for our clients through </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7588;left:58">our season. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7618;left:58">With the help of many enthusiastic volunteer hands, Susan Allen and Debra Chalmers oversaw the distribution </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7638;left:58">of 94 hearty Thanksgiving Dinners, lovingly assembled by our friends at the Bar Harbor Congregational </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7659;left:58">Church. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7689;left:58">Looking to the Christmas Season, we will be organizing Christmas Dinners in cooperation with the Southwest </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7709;left:58">Harbor Food Mart.  We are also beginning the process of signing up our client’s children for the Angel Tree.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7730;left:58">This heartwarming project that is sponsored by the First National Bank has become a Westside holiday tradi-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7751;left:58">tion.  Please stop in to the Main Street branch of “The First” to choose a name (and become someone’s Angel).  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8114;left:689"><B>Who Am I? </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8398;left:716">Andy McMullan</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8144;left:58"><B>Christmas Tree\Greens Fireproofing </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8176;left:193">9 oz. Borax </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8196;left:193">l gallon hot water </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8217;left:193">4 oz. boric acid (available at most drug stores) </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8238;left:193">1 oz. (2 tbs.) liquid detergent </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8265;left:193">Mix all the above ingredients together and put in a garden </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8286;left:193">sprinkler can.  For a tree, lay it down and apply first to the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8307;left:193">bottom branches.  Then, stand the tree up and pour remainder </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8327;left:58">over all the needle surfaces.  Do it far enough ahead so needles can dry off.  It </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8348;left:58">really works!</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9613;left:172">8 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8549;left:45">The Net Tender - </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8560;left:281">December 2009 &amp; January 2010 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8594;left:93">St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8624;left:45">315 Main Street ● P.O. Box 767 ● Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8639;left:45">Phone: Church Office 207-244-3229; Rectory 207-244-4037  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8655;left:45">E-mail: <B><A href="mailto:saints315@myfairpoint.net" target="_blank">saints315@myfairpoint.net</A> </B>/ <B><A href="mailto:frtardiff@myfairpoint.net" target="_blank">frtardiff@myfairpoint.net</A> </B>/ website: <B><A href="http://www.saintsmdi.org/" target="_blank">www.saintsmdi.org</A></B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8670;left:45"><B>Office Hours: </B>Monday · Tuesday · Thursday, 8:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m.</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9147;left:139"><B>INSIDE: </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9168;left:68">Anniversaries/Birthdays</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9168;left:251">6 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9185;left:68">Christmas Fair </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9185;left:251">4 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9202;left:68">Epiphany Pageant</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9202;left:243">10 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9220;left:68">Fireproofing </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9220;left:251">7</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9237;left:68">Lighter Side</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9237;left:251">6 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9254;left:68">New Music Director </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9254;left:243">10 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9271;left:68">Rector’s Reflection</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9271;left:251">1 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9289;left:68">Jr. Warden’s Report</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9289;left:251">3 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9306;left:68">Sr. Warden’s Report </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9306;left:239">2/6 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9323;left:68">Stewardship Report</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9323;left:251">4 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9340;left:68">Thanks from Bean Ladies</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9340;left:251">4 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9358;left:68">Thanks Movers &amp; Rakers</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9358;left:251">3 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9375;left:68">Treasurer’s Report</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9375;left:251">7 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9392;left:68">Westside Food Pantry</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9392;left:251">7</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9409;left:68">Who Am I?</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9409;left:239">2/7 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9427;left:68">Worship Schedule/Scripture 5 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8726;left:45"><B>Rector </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8744;left:45">The Rev. Richard Tardiff </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8765;left:45"><B>Parish Administrator </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8783;left:45">Michele Daley  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8805;left:45"><B>Music Director</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8823;left:45">Stephen Sampson </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8844;left:45"><B>Editors </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8862;left:45">Nicole Carreno </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8883;left:45">Mary Vekasi </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9495;left:59">If you no longer wish to receive the</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9512;left:59">Net Tender or prefer to receive it by  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9530;left:59">e-mail, please call the church office. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9143;left:305"><B>GET AQUAINTED WITH OUR NEW  </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9171;left:305"><B>MUSIC DIRECTOR AND ORGANIST</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9198;left:305">The parish is pleased to welcome Stephen Byers Sampson </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9219;left:305">as our Organist and Music Director. Stephen has a B.A. in </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9240;left:305">music from Oberlin College, an M.M. in piano perform-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9261;left:305">ance from Boston University, and a Ph.D. in zoology from</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9281;left:305">the University of Maine at Orono. He has taught music, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9302;left:305">directed musical productions, and served as accompanist </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9323;left:305">for the Opera Company of Boston and the Acadia Choral </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9343;left:305">Society. For the past ten years he has been a science writer </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9364;left:305">for the Jackson Laboratory.  Thank you Stephen for join-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9385;left:305">ing our parish. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9420;left:301"><B>EPIPHANY PAGEANT – JANUARY 3</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9422;left:807"><B>rd</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9451;left:416">This year’s Epiphany Pageant will be held during the 10:00 a.m. mass on</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9468;left:423">January 3</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9466;left:481">rd</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9468;left:489">.  Nicole Carreno will be directing a new script with plenty of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9486;left:422">opportunity for everyone to participate.  A copy of the script with a sign</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9503;left:413">up sheet will be located in the undercroft.  All actors will be given a copy</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9520;left:409">of the script from which they can read during the play.  All parts are small </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9537;left:301">and nonetheless important.  There will also be opportunities for individuals to sing solos or </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9555;left:301">duets if they desire. Last one to sign up has to play the part of the donkey!  Dress rehearsal</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9572;left:301">will be Saturday, January 2</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9570;left:465">nd</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9572;left:479">from 9:00 to 12:00. </DIV>
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